Cover Reveal on My Book Corner today! Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor Publishing on 18th September ‘…Sometimes everything feels heavy and uncomfortable. My body, my family, my life… and the only thing that releases that weight is music…’ Fifteen year-old Nel finds school, life and her annoying twin brother exhausting. He seems…
Silver, yes, as she has to explain many times; her name is actually the same as the colour. Anyway, she lives on a cruise ship with her Mum who is the Deputy Cruise Director. This may sound amazing, and she does get to visit loads of different countries but, and there is a but, she…
The Hushlings of Hushville live a very quiet life. They are all happy with that, except one. Maeve longs to let her BIG FEELINGS out but she knows that is not the Hushlings way. Until one day, a large blue egg appears and out hatches a Kerfuffle Bird and he’s looking for a party! He…
Never having even heard of its existence before, Dilly Kyteler must move to the island of Ollipest to live with her Aunt Florence. A summer of very strange happenings ensues after an umbrella from The Museum of Lost Umbrellas attaches itself to her. Even more mysteriously, it can help her to fly! When she meets…
Eleven year-old Jamie is at breaking point. His mum’s new boyfriend, Garrett, is creeping into their lives in so many ways. A new house, a new school and new supposed friends, he doesn’t want for anything but it’s all too much. When Garett lets it slip that Jamie’s dad is in prison, and not working…
With her mum’s boyfriend, Vik, seemingly now a part of their family unit before Nat’s even had a chance to consider a stepdad in her life, her feelings are all over the place as she comes to terms with all the changes in her world. She feels like she no longer belongs at home or…
Set on the Greek island of Crete, steeped in ancient myths and legends, Netta and her family are all set to enjoy their family holiday. The only thing is, Netta doesn’t understand her younger brother, Remy’s obsession with Ancient Greece. Her parents have decided that this holiday is all about his interests for a change…
Noah used to have a best friend, Jim. He used to have parents who enjoyed spending time together. They would go to the playpark on Waterford Avenue. Dad would climb the ancient oak tree and lie back, pretending to be asleep on its broad branches to make Noah and his mum laugh. Everything has changed.…
Nora Inkwell’s day is not starting as expected. Having breakfast with her friend Ruby (the one she still can’t quite tell how she really feels) and her cringey seething-at-each-other parents doesn’t quite go to plan when their world is thrown upside down. Once-lovely neighbours have turned into raging zombies, chomping on anyone that goes near.…
Publication Day Review! The last thing Livia wants to do is leave her home and friends in Scotland to work in her gran’s cafe in Italy but life has other plans for her summer holidays. Publication Day Review! The last thing Livia wants to do is leave her home and friends in Scotland to work…
Join Ruby on a time travelling voyage of discovery! Ruby faces spending a summer in the deserted railway station town of Melbridge at her hippy Gram’s trinket-filled house. Her parents have decided to divorce. Everything she has once known has gone; her family as a unit, her routines, it all feels as if it is…
Daring to follow her Nana-Marie’s stories of magical wishes, Emma is convinced her life WILL change for the better. After all, it is changing for the better for her two best friends, Kennedy, with her amazing success at YouTube gaming videos and Allie going all in for cheerleading. Only being at home with Mum eating…
PUBLICATION DAY REVIEW! Harry Arco’s dad and his grandpa and his great-grandpa had all been pilots. Is it possible for Harry to choose to do something different? Instead of going up to explore the sky, could Harry go down to explore the deep, deep sea? With a little help from his Dad, Harry goes on…
There’s a place where young people go when their world comes crashing down and they need to put the pieces of themselves back together. Ransh Cyfle Olaf, in Wales, is such a place. A place Nell Dart had absolutely no intention of going to if she can help it but the authorities say otherwise. Life,…
Orphaned and left to live with her awful Aunt Rita, Puloma can finally take no more and runs away. As she searches for work in the Indian city of Malpur, she is rejected by every shopkeeper. Finally, she rests, exhausted beside a fountain, but is suddenly pushed in. Angered, Puloma jumps up and chases the…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!